Snails in silico: a review of computational studies on the conopeptides

RA Mansbach, T Travers, BH McMahon, JM Fair… - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Marine cone snails are carnivorous gastropods that use peptide toxins called conopeptides
both as a defense mechanism and as a means to immobilize and kill their prey. These …

Mutagenesis of α-conotoxins for enhancing activity and selectivity for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

MW Turner, LA Marquart, PD Phillips, OM McDougal - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are found throughout the mammalian body and
have been studied extensively because of their implication in a myriad of diseases. α …

Discovery of peptide ligands through docking and virtual screening at nicotinic acetylcholine receptor homology models

AE Leffler, A Kuryatov, HA Zebroski… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Venom peptide toxins such as conotoxins play a critical role in the characterization of
nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) structure and function and have potential as …

[HTML][HTML] Peptides in chemical space

A Capecchi, JL Reymond - Medicine in Drug Discovery, 2021 - Elsevier
Peptides, defined as sequences of amino acids up to approximately 50 residues in length,
represent an extremely large reservoir of potentially bioactive compounds, referred to here …

Parallel model exploration for tumor treatment simulations

C Akasiadis, M Ponce‐de‐Leon… - Computational …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Computational systems and methods are often being used in biological research, including
the understanding of cancer and the development of treatments. Simulations of tumor growth …

Qualitative assay to detect dopamine release by ligand action on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

LA Marquart, MW Turner, OM McDougal - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
A pheochromocytoma of the rat adrenal medulla derived (aka PC12) cell-based assay for
dopamine measurement by luminescence detection was customized for the qualitative …

SPIDR: small-molecule peptide-influenced drug repurposing

MD King, T Long, DL Pfalmer, TL Andersen… - Bmc Bioinformatics, 2018 - Springer
Background Conventional de novo drug design is costly and time consuming, making it
accessible to only the best resourced research organizations. An emergent approach to new …

Ribbon α-Conotoxin KTM Exhibits Potent Inhibition of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

LA Marquart, MW Turner, LR Warner, MD King… - Marine Drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
KTM is a 16 amino acid peptide with the sequence WCCSYPGCYWSSSKWC. Here, we
present the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) structure and bioactivity of this rationally …

[HTML][HTML] β2-nAChR 促进小鼠海马CA1 和CA3 锥体神经元GABAA 受体的功能成熟

郑超, 黄艳, 张环环, 查盈盈, 汪萌芽 - Journal of Southern Medical …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Translocation of protein cargo into Candida albicans using cell-penetrating peptides

S Adhikari - 2020 - search.proquest.com
Fungal infections caused by Candida albicans pose a serious threat to public health. The
rising drug resistance towards azoles, the current first-line antifungal treatment, warrants …